“A lot of the time, what is stopping you from achieving your goals is a certain amount of uncertainty and a certain amount of worry that you are not perfect at everything you do. But guess what? None of us are perfect at everything we do. I think the only thing...
Workplace Leadership
Leadership Accountability Towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Blog, Leadership Development, Rise and Lead Women, Workplace Leadership
“Real change will only come when gender equity is treated like any business objective with clear targets and accountability” - Sandra Ondraschek-Norris Transparency and accountability are important levers to drive DEI. The Oxford dictionary defines...
Men and Women as Partners in Leadership
Blog, Leadership Development, Rise and Lead Summit, Workplace Leadership
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, It's not”. Dr Seuss How do we get more men to be receptive and partner in the advocacy for gender leadership? We have heard so many concerned stakeholders ask this question. In...
Beyond Allyship, Accelerating Progress on Gender Equity and Inclusion
Blog, Impact Ideas, Rise and Lead Summit, Rise and Lead Summit Conversations, Rise and Lead Women, Workplace Leadership
Misperceptions of men’s private beliefs about gender bias can undermine their willingness to speak up against it, states the Stanford Social Innovation Review. According to the review, 77.5% of Fortune 500 board seats were held by men and 22.5% were held by...
How Leaders are Positioned to Close the Gender Leadership Gap
Leadership Development, Workplace Leadership
Despite the increase of women in the career pipeline in the past 2 decades, according to a study by Harvard Business Review, just 8% of Fortune 500 companies are led by women and less than 1% by women of colour. To move beyond this impasse, one of our sessions at the...
How Leaders Are Practicing Self-Care
Blog, Career Tips, Leadership Development, Rise and Lead Women, Workplace Leadership
Taking some time from our busy lives to rest, relax and rejuvenate is essential for our mental health and wellbeing. In many cases, due to demands and work complexities, leaders often get sucked into workaholism which could eventually lead to stress and a mental...
How to Find Your Leadership Voice and Use it to Rise in Your Career
Blog, Career Tips, Leadership Development, Rise and Lead Women, Workplace Leadership
Research reveals a disturbing trend in the way female representation drops the higher women go in the ranks of leadership. According to a McKinsey study for Lean In, although women make up 50% of entry-level corporate positions, they drop to 25% at the executive level...
Why Women are Disappearing From the Leadership Trajectory
Blog, Career Tips, Leadership Development, Rise and Lead Women, Workplace Leadership
Although research clearly shows that gender diversity adds to a business's bottom line, the needed changes are slow to come to the corporate world. According to a report by the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University, the number of women leaders continues...
Emotional Intelligence: The Right Way To Give Feedback
Blog, Career Tips, Leadership Development, Rise and Lead Women, Workplace Leadership
There is no place more filled with diverse opinions and processes for achieving a given result than in the workplace. For continuous productivity, this makes it necessary for managers and organizational leaders to rein in the actions of their teams with relevant...